This film focuses on a hair-changing ritual in a farming village in a rural Amdo Tibetan area in Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Province, PR China. A thirteen-year old Tibetan girl's (b. 1994) hair changing ritual in Brag dmar nang Tibetan Village, Dkra brjid Township, Khri kha County, Mtsho lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Mtsho sngon Province, PR China is described. The ritual was held on the fifth day of the first lunar month, 2007. Brag dmar nang Tibetan Village is situated in the east of Dkra brjid Township, Khri kha County, Mtsho lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is forty kilometers from the village to Khri kha County Town, twenty kilometers to the township center, and 110 kilometers to Zi ling City, the provincial capital.(Part 2 of three parts.)


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Producer: Libu Lakhi, Tshe dpal rdo rje, and Puhua Dongzhi
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: Amdo Tibetan
Keywords: coming of age Tibetan rituals, girl's hair changing ritual, Amdo, Tibetan, Qinghai, Guide County
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